Since the creation of the Low Carbon Agriculture Program (ABC) credit line, under the 2010-2011 Agricultural and Livestock Plan, 14,000 contracts have been concluded, totaling over R$ 4.46 billion in finance agreements. In three years, there has been a 507% increase in the acquisition of loans by farmers to adopt technologies for the recovery of degraded pastures, crop-livestock-forest integration, no-till farming, and planted forests, among others.

Investments range from the structuring of primary care units in the host cities of the FIFA World Cup 2014 to purchasing hospital equipment and ambulances

An agreement signed on Monday (May 20) provides for the expansion of the Open University of Brazil (UAB) in Mozambique. As of 2015, over 2,000 places will be available in mathematics, biology, pedagogy and public administration courses. The document was signed by the Minister of Education, Aloizio Mercadante, during a meeting with leaders of Portuguese-speaking African countries.

Brasilia University Hospital (known as "HUB") has begun final preparations for the opening of the Confederations Cup on June 15. The hospital is part of a group of hospitals that will provide medical support during the single match in the competition that is to take place in the Federal District: Brazil vs. Japan. The institution started work toward creating a crisis cabinet, indicating team coordinators and drafting a response plan to assist spectators.

The refugee population in Brazil amounts to 2,991 people, excluding the 1,271 Angolans and Liberians who no longer occupy exile status. 2,008 foreigners were granted asylum between 2011 and 2012 (four times more than in 2010) and from the 853 requests made until March this year, 577 were assessed, with 253 granted, representing an increase of 175% over the 299 applications in 2012. The data was released on Friday, April 26, by the Ministry of Justice and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

On Monday (April 22), the National Council of Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), in partnership with the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology, released two public invitations through the departments of Science and Technology (DST) and Biotechnology (DBT) intended to support scientific and technological development in the two countries.

On Wednesday (April 24), Brazil and the United Kingdom signed a memorandum of understanding in São Paulo to expand the system for Consultation of Tariff Preference Agreements (CAPTA), which holds data on the reduction of import duty resulting from international trade agreements entered into by Brazil. Currently, details on this reduction (known as a tariff preference) can be accessed through the CAPTA web page, on the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC) portal.

The number of Brazilians who access the Internet from home at speeds greater than or equal to 2 Mb grew 91% between June 2011 and the same month of 2012, increasing from 8.8 million to 16.8 million people. The data is from a survey conducted by IBOPE Nielsen and refers exclusively to fixed Internet.

Mobile broadband access in Brazil increased approximately 1800% in four years, being accessed 2 million times in 2008 and 65 million times by February 2013, putting the country in first place in Latin America in terms of the density of mobile broadband access. The data was released by Minister Paulo Bernardo during a public hearing in the Senate, on Tuesday, April 9.

On April 8, the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) published an ordinance in the Official Gazette establishing a new model for strategic stocks of biodiesel in the country. A new feature is the "purchase option" method of acquisition which is used in other sectors. With this, buyers of biodiesel (essentially, Petrobras) contract the right to take the product when necessary, at any time, and plants are required to conclude the business at the agreed price.

On Monday (April 1), the President of the National Social and Economic Development Bank (BNDES), Luciano Coutinho, signed the Inova Energy Plan cooperation agreement which is to provide R$ 3 billion in investment to develop the Brazilian energy sector.